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I had a litter sometime last month and ran into a few problems:

- six of them haven't eaten anything at all. I offer f/t fuzzies and they dont take. I have no ways of getting live since the pet sotres only carry adult mice. Any tips?

- one of the boas developed what seems to be an abscess(sp?). one one side of his face there is a noticible lump above his eye and his nostril. From the side, it looks like if he has rhino nose that protrudes well out of the normal. He also has what seems to be a prolapsed hemipenes(sp?). Any ideas or tips? Pictures below.

- another one of the boas, since the first day being born has a little scar on the top of his eye that i have been treating with nolvasan abd neosporin. Am I doing the right thing for him?

I appreciate any help as this is my first litter and I want to prevent and correct these errors on future litter. Thanks all!!

-Shawn

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2.2 BCI

Buy 2 or 3 trio's of the adult mice and you WILL have babies in about 30-40 days. There's some live pinkies for you.

As for the eye/nose bumps--- I have had a few snakes come through the rescue-- but they were older than your baby. The most "severe" case of the eye/nose bumps was on a 2 ft. normal female. She went into the vet, and he said that there was nothing that could be done about it, and it wasn't causing her any pain-- she ate, shed, pooped, and lived just fine--- she just looked rather odd--- short fat head.... I still talk to the family that adopted her, I will see if I can get a pic.
My eye/nose bump may not be the same as yours-- and since I don't know the history on my bumpy girl-- I don't think I'm much help.

As for the rectum issue--- there are ways to 'fix' that-- but it needs to be kept moist so it doesn't dry out-- damp (not wet) paper towels--- and there is something you put on it-- I don't know what to put on-- so I won't list anything--- hopefully someone else will chime in and say what to put on it--- I have heard that petroleum jelly works-- but I've notexperienced that problem...

Beth
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The rescue site: www.freewebs.com/okreptilerescue

Keep the prolapse damp as stated ,I've never dealt with one I
wasn't able to fix myself. I've heard people say to put honey on
it to keep it moist & anticeptic. Main thing to do is get them
to a herp vet ASAP. The proper treatment will be prescribed .

Here are quotes from another forum on Prolapse treatment:

"Try coating the prolapsed tissue with honey. This will do three things, reduce swelling, keep bacteria away,
and possibly act as a lubricant so the prolapse can retract itself."

"One of the vets I work for will try 5% dextrose solution, the other literally just "paints" a paste of sugar and water onto
the prolapsed region. The idea is to get the prolapse small enough to gently work back in so that the tissue doesn't
necrose. Definitely bring this animal to a vet. A healthy animal shouldn't prolapse. Probably the two biggest causes of the herps
with prolapses that we saw were kidney disease and intestinal parasites, though there is a whole myriad of other causative reasons."

. . . . . . Lar M

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Boas By Klevitz

Since you already have advise about the prolapse, I wanted to chime in about the nose bump.

One of my adult boas was being kept in a temporary tub and the humidity was getting too high. I never saw any abrasions on his nose but in a few days his nose swelled up just like that. I took him to the vet and it turned out he had been rubbing his nose and ended up with an infected tooth. It required surgery and I had to give him shots of antibiotics for the next week and a half. If I had left it untreated, the infectiong could spread and would have killed him. He's all better now but his nose stayed slightly mishapen because of it. I suggest getting that boa to a vet asap.
Good luck!
-April
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'There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."' -Rainshadow

Depending on how long the tissue has been prolapsed necrosis could be around the corner. Baby boas do sometimes get prolapses like this and sometimes all that needs to be done is to have the tissue pushed back in by a vet. If it has necrosed, that is a whole different thing. Sometimes they have anatomical problems and need surgery in order to keep this from repeating. Get a vet's opinion.

A facial swelling like that could be any number of things from inflammation, abscess, tumor (doubt it in a young animal), etc, regardless it needs a vet. I'd be weary about using Nolvasan or any chlorhexadine product around an eye, it's definitely not something you want to get in the eye.

i will be talking to my vet about the problems. Thanks again.

-Shawn
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2.2 BCI